SPLICE: At the Intersection of Art and Medicine presents a scientific gaze at the human body by showcasing traditional anatomical art, complemented and challenged by contemporary artworks. A large-scale public showing of anatomical images by Maria Wishart, Eila Hopper-Ross, Nancy Joy, Dorothy Foster Chubb, Elizabeth Blackstock and Marguerite Drummond, selected from the extensive collection of Biomedical Communications, University of Toronto Mississauga and the Division of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, is included in the show. These artists utilized their traditional knowledge of art and science to achieve a balance between realistic rendering and an artistic vision of the human body. Lately, contemporary artists have been initiating a fresh discourse by experimenting with a wide range of representations. Today the body is frequently politicized and digitized in order to manipulate, dissect and provoke.

Through the work of these artists SPLICE: At the Intersection of Art and Medicine addresses howunderstanding the complexity of the human anatomy requires both a scientific approach and aesthetic interpretation.

Selections from the collection of Biomedical Communications, University of Toronto Mississauga and the Division of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine will be featured at both exhibition sites. These include works by Maria Wishart, Eila Hopper-Ross, Nancy Joy, Dorothy Foster Chubb, Elizabeth Blackstock and Marguerite Drummond.

In the Service of Science: Student Work from the Graduate Program in Biomedical Communications, UTM
Curated by Dave Mazierski and Shelley Wall
23 October to 1 December, 2012
UTAC art lounge

EVENTS

Wednesday 10 October, 6 – 9pm
Homo Ludens: The Playing Body
OCADU, Auditorium, Room 190
100 McCaul St. Toronto
Live and mediatized performative & participatory workshop with Professor Antje Budde of the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Toronto and Peter Jones and Greg Judelman of Design with Dialogue.
FREE.

Sunday 11 November, 12 – 5pm
Contemporary Art Bus Tour
Starting with a tour at the University of Toronto Art Centre (15 King’s College Circle, University College, North Wing facing Hoskin Avenue) bus departs for the Blackwood Gallery, Doris McCarthy Gallery and then returns downtown for a tour of the Koffler Gallery Off-Site exhibition at 249 Crawford Street.
FREE. To reserve a seat, contact the Blackwood Gallery at 905-828-3789 or email[email protected] by Friday, November 9 at 4pm.